I Tried the Most Brutal Military Fitness Test 

The fact that you could talk to the camera throughout this grueling test is amazing in itself!

Amazing job! Im a climber (my main sport) and I know the test from Magnus' channel. The idea of the test is not just to test the physical ability of the person, but also the mental resilience that you need for this kind of job. You proved you are remarkably strong minded Göran, congrats!

Hey, remember that the soldier in magnus film did this test the day after being in the mountains on a 30 plus hour exercise with no sleep and full kit in winter.

Great job Göran. ex Norwegian long-range recon patrol here, was no treadmill at my time, just outdoor endurance training. This test is very relevant for LRRP, pack and uphill is very exhausting, but yeah, runners, cross-country skiers, orientation runners, do this very well. The military record that impressed me the most was the military 30 km march, with 11 kg pack and military boots. The record run was in 2 hours by a well known cross-country skier, maybe it's beaten now, but that record stood for many years. The old endurance 'selection test for 'jeger', was a 5k meter track run. In uniform, army boots and GRU. The GRU was 3-4 kg combat belt with water bottle, extra ammo magazines, knife, gas mask. No idea what the record run was, I got 19 min and the faster guys did it in 17 min, as a rock climber, I had no chance against the best in endurance, one in my squad was on the national team in biathlon. Training was targeting week long patrols, in cold snowy conditions with very little food and sleep, week long ski expeditions, winter gear was too much to carry in a pack, pulled sledges, uphill was brutal. Downhill pretty tricky, ski down with pack and heavy sledge behind, if falling in steep terrain, the sledge would push you so deep into the snow, that it took a rescue mission to dig out the unlucky one. I recall one guy he just vanished, after a search following his tracks, all we could see was a hole in the snow where he had deep dived into. Very funny, we couldn't stop laughing while digging him out. Anyway, you got the endurance needed with a huge margin for the Norwegian LRRP. The long range winter patrols is a specialty of Swedish, Finns and Norwegians, very high standards on this, we have so much empty space in north, that you need to cover quite a distance on a patrol.

This was awesome, love to see endurance guys try this test! I actually served with these guys and they are completely nuts. Their motto is "no respect for distance" and they are regularly sent out on marches where they have no idea how long they will be going for and just go on for literally days. I've done this test a few time myself and 30 minutes is completely insane to me, never even been close. However I feel like I have to correct you on one thing, the backpack is supposed to be 25kg not 20. And I think that 25% increase definitely makes a difference. I would love to see you try it again with the right weight and see if you could make it to 30 then, you seemed to have quite a bit left so you might actually be able to! And if you decide to do it again the main advice we got in the army is to always walk as much as possible. If you look at how much your backpack bounces up and down when you're jogging compared to how stable the Norwegian soldier keeps his when walking that is a lot of completely wasted energy. The only reasons to run are if you can't keep the pace or if you're main walking muscles are close to completely failing and you absolutely needed to give them a break. Anyway, like I said I would absolutely love to see you do it again!

you barely beat him and you are a long distance runner and he is a muscular soldier,just proves how hardcore that soldier is.

The 30min by that soldier is crazy, that guys is so large and strong and could still do 30min. The over all fitness required for that is high.

Well done Göran. The soldier in Magnus Midtbøs video completed a 30hrs+ recon/extraction the day before 😮

My heartrate went to zone 5 just watching you do this. Amazing endurance Göran, and amazing video again, love the music too. See you on the next one!

Great effort and result Göran! Would be very cool if you had the chance to do something with Magnus some day, he needs to be coached to get a better running form for sure :D

Well done Goran! I was keeping my fingers crossed for you. Good luck with the race

Wow! You are a machine! I can't beleive you kept commentating throught the whole test hahah. I thought you would stop talking after 15 min at least. It shows how dedicated you are to give us top notch videos! Thank you for that :) I'm looking forward to the uphill race video

As a former soldier in a recon unit i can relate to these kinds of tests. They will test your limits😊 Well done, Well done indeed👍

I just have to say, I really respect the fact that you pushed yourself at the end! That mentality is golden! I am now a subscriber, keep on making great content like this!

Mammoth effort mate! Well done! Good luck with your upcoming tunnel race, looks really interesting. Looking forward to the video.

Sjuuuukt bra jobbat. Såg videon från Magnus kanal, helt otroligt att soldaten klarar av 30min med den sjuka styrkan han har. Att du skulle slå honom var jag inte alls orolig över. Otroligt starkt jobbat!!

Absolutely amazing effort! Did the same challenge myself and managed to get to the 25 min mark but I literally collapsed in a heap after that, and how you could keep talking is beyond me... But, now I got to try for 31 min too..:) Thanks for an awesome video!

Grymma videos Göran!! Fortsätt så 👏👏👏

You madman!!! That is inspirational stuff, the "i see you do something crazy and i will do it too" attitude is amazing

Can't wait to watch this video :) you motivated me to started running and it's amazing!

your wife laughing on your "how does it look" answer is everything 🥰

Loved this video! Please do more videos where you try to push yourself and test your limits - that's inspiring!

Unbelievable Goran, you’re an absolute beast!!

Your videos are awesome, and your positivity is infectious. Got a new sub here sir, keep up the good work and keep having fun! 🇨🇦

Epic! Congratulations on smashing it!

I was a Marine reconnaissance scout years ago, very interesting and great job mate.

You are so right, Goran. There is something wrong with you. But that is what makes your channel so much fun. Well done my brother...

This was fantastic. I’ve been wanting to try this myself since Magnus did it. Well done and can’t wait to see your tunnel run.

Good to keep testing yourself and inspiring others!

Good work. That is one hard test and my knees hurt just watching you do it. Love your work.

Remember they did it after a 37 hour long range Reconnaissance mission the day before :)

I live in Brasil and love to watch you videos. All respect for you, brother. You’re great 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Seems like a perfect way to get injured. But you are younger than me. Just like soldiers, i would start with walking around with 25kgs on my back - get knees slowly ready for extra weight. But you are well trained and prepared, kudos to you.

Just discovered your channel, I love it!

That was insane, what a huge achievement. Truly something to be proud of.

Crazy! Time seemed to drag on just watching at the 30 min mark.😱😅😤👏🏾🫡🫀🙏🏾🏃🏾‍♂️🏋🏾‍♂️🚴🏾‍♂️

Outstandinnn.. - nice motivation to keep loaded back pack walks and Good luck with this mine climbg run!

Your video ideas are always awesome 👏

Goran, that was great! What a fantastic effort!

Great effort. Well done. Next - Fell Racing. Go to Cumbria, North England, for Guides Race. Up the mountain - maybe 15 minutes - then down again - maybe 2 minutes 😊

You diserve a like. That looked insane!

Insane! Congrats Goran.

GG. Very well done! Both in and out of your element!

Endurance monster. Jogging with that weight must be nuts. Also they said the official weight was 25 but you must be much lighter than the soldier so it "should" be comparable? Idk. Good job :) kinda want to try it myself now

Wow. Mighty impressive. Especially your mental toughness.

Wow ... just wow!! Fun video, thanks for sharing.

What a blast! Congratulations!!

Insert ”fkn legend” meme here. Awesome! Im doing alot of threshold on my indoor bike in my cramped home office, the heat and sweat adds so much to the mental struggle. Well done!!

Fantastic stamina Goran (from an older bloke who ran an 8km cross country in Ireland's windy north Donegal today.)

Great job, felt the pain just watching this!

One thing I learned as a U.S. Marine was on long hikes, I was told by our Gunnery Sergeant-when on marches or rucks runs was have “Big hearts, strong backs and hard feet”. And I can see with our Norwegian Brothers it is no different! Good work!

@Göran Winblad What a grueling test 😮I was suffering just watching 😅congratulations 💪👏

Amazing. Well done - interesting challenge. Not for me to do, but great video to illustrate the brutality of these fitness tests.

Well done!!!

Bravo! Quite inspiring!

You are a goddamn beast. Props! I just missed the part when you were lying on the ground, completely smashed. 😅

You did great. Congratulations, Göran. 👏

This is the most riveting treadmill drama. Making a boring treadmill this dramatic is some serious story telling.

Your tough as nails brotha- that ruck is no joke

Great job Goran, what a gruelling test!

it's impressive to do over 30 minutts, even with a little light backpack. But next time do it the day after you have been on an mountain trip and put in some muscle training before, it can be light weight, because you are supposed to go into this already tired and worn out. The Norwegians do this after an +-35 hours march in the mountains + all the gym exercise, it is an killer and demands a lot of mental strength.

men fyyyy! grymt stark du är!!

Wow. Legendary. Göran, ran, ran and 🏃‍♀️ ran.

Thanks for nice video again. I really like that you try out new concepts. Did you measure the weight of the camera as well?

Well done Göran!

Incredible! You're insane!!!

Would be so awesome if you made a video med Magnus on either climbing or running (or both) :D

I would love to see a collaboration with Magnus Mitdbø 😍

!! that was fun! and stressful! Way to go!

Hello Göran mega respect! Great performance!

Huge respect to you Göran! When you ran 29 minutes, I was telling myself "don’t dare to give up"!! Godt jobba mannen!!

Göran this is excellent. I don’t have a very sophisticated treadmill but it allows me to adjust the gradient between settings of 0 to 10 in 0.5 increments (don’t know the calibration). So, I do a “civilian” version of this whereby I set a pace 7kph (~8.6min/km) 10min at 0grad then +0.5grad every 3min in training gear (no backpack or hand weight). It is a deceptively difficult but a great indication of variations in your fitness. 70mins (if I make it!) well spent.

the way you packed the backpack did you no favours :)

Good effort

Great video, you should Try the British parachute regiment one next 10 miles, with 37lbs plus rifle, 1h 50min over undulating terrain

Wow! Great job!

Incredible achievement. I can only dream of having that level of fitness. I am not sure though that it is wise to demonstrate you can be called up for military service! 😀

Well done very impressive 👏 😮

congrats!

This looks so tough. Makes my personal best I got at a local 5k look like a cake walk. Got first place at least for my age group 😅

Insane dude!

you beast, Göran 😱

Looking at your Treadmill speed, did you do this at 8km per hour instead of 7? Great effort. A lot of military endurance tests are just as much about the mental fortitude to push as it is the physical. But then again, I don't know many endurance tests/races that aren't heavily reliant on both

Hey, Norwegian soldier speaking. This is our march speed. Although standard march is 6km/h and we don't do 30m we do 50m with 10m rest. Then 50-10-50-10 etc. Although usually our bags weight only 15kg but we are wearing a lot more gear on person, with the vest and helmet. And yes. You get very hot. We are lucky enough that our gear has this in mind. Our jackets open up and so do our pants to ventilate our heat. We usually only wear one layer of wool during march. Our backpacks are probably quite a bit better than the one you're using and so are our boots. Id assume. There not all that much I can say about what we do as it would start boardering on giving out information that people don't need to know. But yeah it gets hard if you're not used to it. But don't jog. Walk, jogging really kills your feet and how far you've able to push it

Great job and I love the background music. Anyone know who it is?

Congrats! U made it, wow :)

Gosh! Well done

Wow! You are insane, but in a good way 💪🏼

I have the same boots…and they are always coming untied with the original laces 😂

Tack!

Yeah, I absolutely enjoyed watching this, what a stupid challenge, extraordinary well done!

Nice one mate! From Scotland.

Great work

Amazing 👏

That was BADASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great video but I really miss seeing you recovering after the walk...we enjoy watching people suffering :-)

Greetings from Norway. Awesomely done Gøran. Very impressive. But if you want to compare with Magnus and Even , you must have finished a 35-hour extreme hike the day before. Just sayin. But still very impressive.

Any sherpas would modestly chuckle at this "challenge" 🙏👏 altho great job on 32'

Which kind of edit method is used around 3.23? Cool technique! 😎 And as always, nice video.

Wow. Impressive.